Weight Loss Exercise - Warm Up

[Roy Parker]

Before exercising, a physical exertion is necessary for your body and this can be achieved with warm-up exercises. Several warm-up exercises are:

• On the Spot March: You have to start marching on the spot, and then make forward and backward movements while moving your arms up and down in rhythm.

• Heel Digs: In this, you have to do alternate heel movements. You have to place your heels to the front alternatively.

• Knee Lifts: In this exercise, you have to keep your back straight and hold your hands at your waist level. Now, try to raise knees to touch the hands alternatively.

• Shoulder Rolls: Along with “on the spot marching,” start rolling your shoulders forward and backward 5 times each.

• Knee bends: In this, you have to lower your body until you partially bend your knees. Your arms should also be raised in the outward direction.

• Warm-up exercises should be performed daily. Apart from these, you can include dancing, rope jumping or walking a few times up and down the stairs.

 

[Trusylver]

This is mostly a duplicate of your last post however, a generic list of sub optimal exercises is not a great idea. Warmup exercises need to be customised to suit the primary exercise which will be performed after the warmup, as an example none of these activities would prepare the muscles or connective tissue for exercise I would normally do. The other consideration is age, the older you are the longer the warmup needs to be, with the general guideline being 1 minute for each year of your age.

 

[Sarah Van Loo]

I love my mini trampoline. It’s great for when it’s too cold to run outside and I’ve been using it TONS since I had to cancel my gym membership.

 

[mddolson]

At age 64 I find lack of flexibility to my biggest obstacle.
I start every day with 10 minutes on the floor, knee to chest pulls, & straight legs, spread apart toe grabs, to stretch the hamstrings & lower back.
My warm ups at the gym are primarily stretching as well.